A panel of experts in technology enhanced assessment lead an engaging and interactive discussion that highlight issues, challenges, and solutions in the application of technology for the design and delivery of credentialing exams.

Explore how organizations market their certifications using an effective digital presence.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Certification Law from the Guy Who Wrote the Book

earn the basics of the laws that apply to professional certification. Topics include governance, autonomy, antitrust, tax exemption, copyright, trademark, contracts with vendors, injury and damage claims and more.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Best Practices in Subject Matter Expert Talent Management

Learn best practices in SME talent management (recruitment, engagement, and retention), and strategies to ensure SMEs are effective contributors.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Fair does not always mean equal: Evaluating and maintaining fairness in your program

Review how fairness should be considered and incorporated during the design, development, and documentation/maintenance phases of a credentialing program.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Two Under One Roof: How to Maintain the Firewall Between Education and Certification

Maintaining education & certification impartiality is an industry best practice enforced by NCCA & ISO/IEC 17024 accreditation standards. A creative organizational model that handles both education and certification is explored.

Members $30Non-Members $45

2016ICE Exchange Conference Recordings

2016 ICE EXCHANGE RECORDING PACKAGES

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2016 ICE Exchange Taste of Conference Bundle(8 sessions)

This package offers you recordings of 8 concurrent sessions, including:

A View Through A Crystal Ball: What Will Certification Look Like A Decade From Now?

Representatives from three certification organizations provide case studies on how they implemented new continuing competency methods into their programs.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Establishing and Maintaining Firewalls Between Certification and Education

This session provides real-life examples of firewalls to illustrate different models for demonstrating separation between certification and education functions, highlighting the organizational and psychometric challenges and benefits.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Lost In Translation: Facilitating The Conversation Between Psychometricians and Non-Psychometricians

This session provides a framework for understanding and resolving conflicting program priorities, and illustrates a way to create a common understanding so all stakeholders can work together for the betterment of the program.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Marketing Tools, Tactics and Data to Connect with Your Audience

Learn through certification case studies and examples how to deploy the right strategies to refresh your marketing efforts.

This session provides a framework for navigating security/privacy risks; an understanding psychometric considerations, candidate reactions, and NCCA’s perspective on this emerging delivery format; and some key decision points before “jumping” into online proctoring.

Members $30Non-Members $45

The Five Most Frequent Problem Areas with NCCA Applications

This session presents the five most frequent problem areas with applications for initial and continuing accreditation under the NCCA Standards for the Accreditation of Certification, and is based on the ICE white paper with the same title.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Validation Strategies for Assessment-Based Certificate (ABC) Programs

Learn about various options for validating assessments, and learn which situations require a job analysis study and alternative validation strategies for situations where a job analysis is not necessary.

Members $30Non-Members $45

2015 ICE Exchange Conference Recordings

For full session descriptions, browse our searchable 2015 ICE Exchange Conference Program. Please remember that the material presented in the following sessions represent the expertise and viewpoints of the speakers.

2015 ICE EXCHANGE RECORDING PACKAGES

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2015 ICE Exchange Taste of Conference Bundle(8 sessions)

This package offers you recordings of 8 concurrent sessions, including:

A Game Plan for Managing Test Security Incidents

Adventures in Governance: Keeping Your Board Focused on the Business of Certification

Re-Defining the Value of Certification: A Case Study in Making Our Message Matter

So, You Think You've Got a Certification Program? Understanding the Nuances of Various Credentialing

All sessions are suitable for all levels of credentialing professionals in both the public and private sectors.

Members $110Non-Members $160

A Game Plan for Managing Test Security Incidents

Presenters use a case study approach to introduce a security incident response framework and flow chart to help navigate game-changing test security incidents.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Adventures in Governance: Keeping Your Board Focused on the Business of Certification

Two experienced association executives from differently structured certification boards share examples of potential pitfalls and best practices to keep certification board members focused on advancing the strategic work of the organization.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Considering Online Proctoring? Tips, Guidelines, & Lessons Learned

Experts share insights on the psychometric, policy and standards, product feature, privacy, and security aspects of the decision to use online (remote) proctoring.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Digital Badging 2.0

Early adopters of digital badging offer honest retrospectives on their badging experience to date in terms of how well reality has matched their respective visions. Each panelist presents his/her organization’s digital badging goals, how badging is being leveraged, and the challenges faced and benefits realized, as well as data showing how well badging has (or hasn’t) been embraced by stakeholders.

Members $30Non-Members $45

Meeting Examination Standards for Assessment-Based Certificate Programs, Part 1 and Part 2

In this 2015 ICE Exchange session, learn to psychometric guidelines that will assist certificate program administrators in demonstrating compliance to the ICE 1100 Standard, and in particular, Standard 7 on the Development, Conduct, and Evaluation of Assessments.

This is a two-part series:

In Part 1, receive a detailed orientation to some of these guidelines, with a focus on aligning assessments with learning objectives and conforming to best practices surrounding assessment policies and procedures.

In Part 2, use the guidelines as a framework to provide guidance on psychometric issues such as how to administer, score, and evaluate assessments in a manner that meets the Standard.

Members $50Non-Members $65

Re-Defining the Value of Certification: A Case Study in Making Our Message Matter

A case study is presented to show how a midsize program created messages of value from existing data and created momentum.

Members $30Non-Members $45

So, You Think You've Got a Certification Program? Understanding the Nuances of Various Credentialing?

Panelists explore the differences in the mission, governance, and psychometric components of various assessment programs.